4 2 0 S 2 I PRACTICAL INFO R A P ROLAND-GARROS STADIUM LOCATION NEARBY TOURIST ATTRACTIONS The Roland-Garros stadium is an iconic OLYMPIC GAMES PARALYMPIC 10 KM • Eiffel Tower th international tennis venue in the 16 GAMES from the Olympic and • Invalides arrondissement of Paris. TENNIS Paralympic Village, • Bois de Boulogne park • Louis Vuitton Foundation th arr. Located on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne park, WHEELCHAIR TENNIS Paris, 16 • Jardin d’acclimatation it is just a stone’s throw away from the Parc des 5 events: 2 / 2 / 1 Information to be determined amusement park Princes, where some of the football events will be Singles / GETTING THERE held during the Games. Named after French aviator Doubles / • Bus POST-2024 LEGACY Roland Garros, the stadium was built in 1928 to host SITTING VOLLEYBALL • Metro lines 9 and 10 The Roland-Garros stadium, France’s Davis Cup in a venue worthy of the French Mixed Doubles Information to be determined • Vélib’ public bike stations home to the annual French athletes’ exploits. The stadium has also hosted Open tennis tournament, will one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments – NEARBY GAMES VENUES continue to host sporting and the French Open, organised by the French Tennis BOXING • Parc des Princes cultural events. Federation – every year since its opening. • South Paris Arena 1, 4 and 6 Covering 12 ha and featuring 18 clay courts, the • Eiffel Tower Stadium stadium has been extended and upgraded several 13 events: 6 / 7 • Pont d’Iéna times over the years to compete with the other - 50 kg Grand Slam venues. It was last upgraded between - 54 kg CAPACITY 2015 and 2021 – the most extensive renovations to Tennis and wheelchair tennis: date – as part of a six-year project that completed - 57 kg its transformation. The work involved rebuilding - 60 kg 28,229 the Philippe Chatrier court (the 15,000-seater centre - 66 kg Philippe-Chatrier Court: 14,962 T court now has a state-of-the-art retractable roof Simone-Mathieu Court: 5,289 E comprising eleven 300-ton trusses, which can be - 75 kg E Outside courts: 7,978 (Tennis) / H opened or closed in 15 minutes) and building the A S - 51 kg 7,602 (Wheelchair Tennis) T Simonne Mathieu court (a 5,000-seater court in the A - 57 kg S : D Serres d’Auteuil botanical garden). Boxing and Sitting volleyball - E - 63,5 kg U The Roland Garros stadium, a key Paris 2024 venue, Suzanne-Lenglen Court: N E will host a total of four sports: tennis and boxing - 71 kg C V I during the Olympic Games (fun historical fact: the - 80 kg 9,829 P M stadium already hosted major boxing matches back Y L - 92 kg A in the 1970s) and wheelchair tennis and sitting R A volleyball during the Paralympic Games. + 92 kg D P N C A I P M Y L O women men mixed 58